From Borough Hall To Baby Hall Wilson Area

COMMUNITY REPORT

The 55-year-old stone building that once was Borough Hall may soon become a playground for the borough's youngest.

If a variance is approved by the zoning board, June Bachman and her daughter Kristin, of 2053 Ferry St., will open a day-care center and nursery school at the landmark hall at 1950 Hay Ter.

Until 1991 the building housed the borough offices and fire department, which both relocated to the new Guy B. Tomaino Building at 2040 Hay Ter.

It was later purchased by Dr. Vincent Plano, an Easton gynecologist, for $191,230. Plano plans to lease both floors of the building to the Bachmans to use from 6 or 7 a.m. to 6 or 7 p.m. "depending on the needs of the people," said June Bachman, founder of Good Shepherd Christian Nursery School, Washington Boulevard.

She said the day-care center is sorely needed in the borough and her phone "has been ringing off the hook" since people found out about the planned center.

A lifelong resident of Wilson, she said she has received many positive comments from her neighbors about opening the day-care center.

"Hopefully that will count at the zoning hearing," she said.

Bachman would like to begin operating in October.

The hearing is at 7:30 p.m. today in the municipal building.

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Wilson will soon receive the last installment -- about $20,000 -- of its municipal recycling-program grant from the Department of Environmental Resources.

The grant was used to finance the borough's recycling program, including advertising and the collection of cans.

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The 911 emergency telephone number may soon be available in Wilson, Councilman Louis Starniri announced at the most recent borough council meeting.

"911 seems to be a reality; it will be coming to Northampton County," probably by December 1993, said Starniri who is the borough's representative to the county 911 committee.

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The corner of Freemansburg and Avona avenues will soon be a guide to West Easton.

Wilson officials recently approved borough Manager Walter Boran's request to place a sign on the corner to help direct out-of-town visitors to West Easton.

WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP

Cynthia Poten, Delaware River keeper of the American Littoral Society, Lambertville, N.J., will be the speaker at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary & Wilderness Trust, a conservation project of the Natural Lands Trust Inc., 240 Sunnyside Road.

Poten protects river resources by patrolling the river and its banks, watching for polluters; she also monitors the river's wildlife and ecology.

For free registration, call Polly Ivenz, program director, at 749-0515.

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